Michiana Covenant Presbyterian Church

[Sung Psalm: 119:113-120] The literary structure of Romans 5:1-11 centers on verse 6. Notice verse 1 "we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have also obtained access…" Compare with verse 11, "we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation." The next parallel is verses 3 and 11 "More than that, we rejoice" (v3) "More than that, we also rejoice" (v11) You can also see the connection between the love of God in verse 5, and the love of God in verse 8. At the very center of verses 1-11 is verse 6 – which is one of the shortest sentences in the whole book of Romans! Romans is famous for its long sentences! There are frequently 5-10 verses all composing one sentence! So when you get a really short one, you should pay attention! For Christ, while we were still weak, at the right time, for the ungodly, died. While we were still weak – he died. At the right time – he died. For the ungodly – he died. Christ came to us in our wea